Title: Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator
Author: Shelley Lanaka
Illustrator: David Craig
Genre: Children's Literature, Biography
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: History
Primary and Secondary characters: Primary- Amelia Earhart
Awards, date of publication: 2008, Orbis Pictus Award Winner
Publishing company:Abrams Books for Young Readers
Summary and how it can be used in the classroom: This book tells the story of Amelia Earhart, the first woman who was a pilot. Ever since Amelia Earhart and her plane disappeared on July 2 1937, people have wanted to know more about this remarkable woman. Earhart's story begins when Amelia is 11 and a plane is pointed out to her at an Iowa fair. She is unimpressed then, but she volunteered as a nurse during World War 2 and fell in love with planes then. She became the first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight, then setting her own flight records. This book has great illustrations and offers some great pictures of her when she is young. This book would be great to use when discussing women's history. It would be great to bring up during any history lesson. The students can see that with determination they can do anything.
Illustrator: David Craig
Genre: Children's Literature, Biography
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: History
Primary and Secondary characters: Primary- Amelia Earhart
Awards, date of publication: 2008, Orbis Pictus Award Winner
Publishing company:Abrams Books for Young Readers
Summary and how it can be used in the classroom: This book tells the story of Amelia Earhart, the first woman who was a pilot. Ever since Amelia Earhart and her plane disappeared on July 2 1937, people have wanted to know more about this remarkable woman. Earhart's story begins when Amelia is 11 and a plane is pointed out to her at an Iowa fair. She is unimpressed then, but she volunteered as a nurse during World War 2 and fell in love with planes then. She became the first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight, then setting her own flight records. This book has great illustrations and offers some great pictures of her when she is young. This book would be great to use when discussing women's history. It would be great to bring up during any history lesson. The students can see that with determination they can do anything.
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